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Page 1: ...ASE CHECK FOR CHANGE INFORMATION AT THE REAR OF THIS MANUAL 7B10 TIME BASE OPERATORS INSTRUCTION MANUAL Tektronix Inc P O Box 500 Beaverton Oregon 97077 Serial Number 070 2317 00 Prodlict Group 42 Fir...

Page 2: ...rice change privileges are reserved INSTRUMENT SERIAL NUMBERS Each instrument has a serial number on a panel insert tag or stamped on the chassis The first number or letter designates the country of m...

Page 3: ...DURE 2 1 SWEEP FUNCTIONS 2 1 TRIGGERING FUNCTIONS 2 4 DETAILED OPERATING INFORMATION 2 4 TRIGGERING SWITCH LOGIC 2 4 TRIGGERING MODE 2 4 TRIGGERING COUPLING 2 5 TRIGGERING SOURCE 2 5 TRIGGERING SLOPE...

Page 4: ...splay 2 6 2 3 Area of graticule used for most accurate time measurements 2 7 2 4 Operation of sweep magnifier 2 8 2 5 Measuring the period and determing the frequency of a displayed waveform 2 9 2 6 M...

Page 5: ...o reduce electrical shock hazard the mainframe oscilloscope chassis must be properly grounded Refer to the mainframe manual for grounding information DO NOT REMOVE INSTRUMENT COVERS To avoid electric...

Page 6: ...ach sweep rate by a factor of 10 and a VARIABLE TIME DIV control provides continuously variable sweep rates between calibrated steps Variable hold off and alpha numeric readout are provided Also when...

Page 7: ...uter printouts and use computer supplied abbreviations Instrument Option information is located in section 6 of the Instruction Manual INSTALLATION The time base unit is designed to operate in the hor...

Page 8: ...2 5 times the calibrated sweep rate setting Sweep Accuracy with 7104 7900 and 7800 Series Mainframes 15 to 35 C 0 2 s div to 10 ns div 5 ns div and 2 ns div Measured over center 8 displayed divisions...

Page 9: ...ave Maximum Safe Input 1 Megohm Input 250 V dc plus peak ac 50 0hm Input 1 Watt average Input R and C 1 Megohm Input 1 MQ within 5 20 pF within 10 50 0hm 50 Q within 2 Trigger Holdoff Time Minimum Hol...

Page 10: ...3 Physical Characteristics Characteristic Information Net Weight Approximately 2 6 pounds 1 2 kilogram Dimensions See Figure 1 2 dimensional drawing STANDARD ACCESSORIES Operators Manual Instruction M...

Page 11: ...rmup 5 Set the mainframe vertical and horizontal modes to display the plug in units used and adjust the intensity and focus for a well defined display See the oscilloscope mainframe and amplifier unit...

Page 12: ...Operating Instructions 7B10 Operators...

Page 13: ...ontal positioning FINE Control Provides precise horizontal positioning MAG Pushbutton Selects magnified X10 or unmagnified sweep HOLD OFF Control Permits hold off period to bo varied to improve trigge...

Page 14: ...COUPLING and SOURCE push buttons of the TRIGGERING switches are arranged in a sequence which places the most often used position at the top of each vertical row of push buttons With this arrangement a...

Page 15: ...he trigger circuits Each position permits selection or rejection of some frequency components of the signal which triggers the sweep AC AC COUPLING blocks the dc component of the trigger signal Signal...

Page 16: ...CRT DISPLAY OBTAINED WITH SLOPE SWITCH SET TO POSITIVE TMG O LEVEL W TRIG O LEVEL W CRT DISPLAY OBTAINED WITH SLOPE SWITCH SET TO NEGATIVE TRIG O S L Pll LEVEL W Cl qfin nn Fig 2 2 Effect of LEVEL co...

Page 17: ...IABLE control This feature is particularly useful when a specific uncalibrated sweep rate has been obtained and it is desired to switch between calibrated and uncalibrated displays TRIGGERING SLOPE TI...

Page 18: ...t instruction manual for additional information APPLICATIONS The following information describes procedures and techniques for making basic time measurements with the time base unit installed in a Tek...

Page 19: ...l distance measured in Step 7 by the TIME DIV switch setting Divide the answer by 10 if sweep magnification is used Example Assume that the horizontal distance over 1 complete cycle is 7 divisions and...

Page 20: ...le display see General Operating information for selecting proper triggering 5 Set the vertical deflection factor and position control for about a 5 division pulse vertically centered on the graticule...

Page 21: ...3 millisecond Operating Instructions 7B 10 Operators DELAYED SWEEP MEASUREMENTS The time base unit may be used with a delaying time base unit in a mainframe with two horizontal compartments to make d...

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Page 23: ...Operators INSTRUMENT OPTIONS No options were available for this instrument at the time of this printing Information on any subsequent options may be found in the CHANGE INFORMATION section in the back...

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Page 25: ...o printing and shipping requirements we can t get these changes immediately into printed manuals Hence your manual may contain new change information on following pages A single change may affect seve...

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